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Newspapers

From the 1830s to the 1940s, dozens of Hawaiian-language newspapers collectively published thousands of articles about Kaupo. This section of the site provides a selection of translated Hawaiian articles as well as historical English-language news.

Church fair in Kaupo is successful

Bishop rededicates rebuilt church (Maui News, May 21, 1938) KAUPO, Maui, May 16—Kaupo had its first church fair Saturday and Sunday when Bishop Stephen Alencastre visited Kaupo to rededicate the 75 year old St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic church. The community entered into the spirit of the occasion with a will and gross receipts totaled more...

Gene "Tarzan" Smith paddles from Hawaii to Kaupo

Surf Boards From Hawaii To This Isle Gene Smith Paddles Board on 40-Mile Cruise All Alone (Maui News, October 27, 1945) Hawaii’s one-man Navy scored again! Gene Smith of Honolulu—the one man Navy, aided only by his surfboard—added another glowing chapter to his ever-growing accomplishments with a 12 hours, 25 minutes 40-mile trip unescorted from...

Nuu famine

(Ko Hawaii Pae Aina, September 21, 1878) Naaieono of Kula, Maui reports of a great famine at Nuu, Kaupo, and of panini cactus fruit being cooked in kettles as a drink to allay the intense hunger that has caused sunken eyes. (Ko Hawaii Pae Aina, October 5, 1878) Word has come from W. A. Kala...

Young newlyweds

("Na Paa Mare Opiopio", Ka Loea Kalaiaina, October 21, 1899) On Saturday, September 30, 1899, at Nuu, Kaupo, Mr. Nalei Kaaihue and Miss Alice Kauakanilehua Kauhane were united by the golden cord that is the holy bond of matrimony by J. K. Piimanu before a crowd of guests. The marriage officiator performed the ceremony with...

Fell from a pali

(Pacific Commercial Advertiser, June 21, 1897) Lieutenant Needham, of the police force, received a letter Sunday from a relative living in Kaupo, Maui, to the effect that a native woman had fallen from a pali near that place, last week, and was instantly killed. It seems that early in the evening her husband and his...

Cooperative stores

("Huihalekuai", Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, December 9, 1865) KA NUPEPA KUOKOA; GREETINGS:—Here is the news from Maui: a cooperative store for every district of the island. One thing is largely being heard and discussed among the people at this time, and that is the banding together of all people in this district to build a store....
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    •  Sarah Mutch
    • Antone Vierra Marciel Jr.
    • Luciana Keamalu Pihana
    • Albert A. Coe

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